Jerry Blyschak's Sr. Services NEW
[1/18/2012]

California State Pipe Trades Scholarship Foundation Application NEW
[1/18/2012] - Thirty-Two (32) Scholarships in the amount of $2,500.00 each will be awarded to the winning applicants. Application and contest rules can be found on their website (www.calpipes.org.)A printable application is available by clicking on the link.  link

Jerry Blyschak Sr. passed away this morning (1/17/2012) NEW
[1/17/2012] - Local 483 expresses their deepest sympathy to the Blyschak Family. more

UA Job Opportunities
[8/25/2011] - Click here to view Job Opportunities through other UA Locals...Local 483 will post these Manpower Requests as we receive them. link

PG&E is Hiring Pre-Apprentice Line Workers - Pass It On
[7/2/2011] - Pacific Gas and Electric Company is again preparing to hire Pre-Apprentice Lineman workers across our service territory. New open positions will be posted to www.pge.com/careers on 7/1/11. Each requisition will remain posted for five days only.  Click on the headline for the full article. more

Mike Rowe Asks Congress to Support More "Dirty Jobs"
[6/9/2011] - Click here to listen link

Opening Invocation to the 2011 BCTD Legislative Conference
[4/7/2011] - Many delegates to the 2011 National Legislative Conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department have requested copies of the powerful and inspiring opening invocation delivered yesterday by Father Cletus Kiley. We have posted the video to the WE Party Patriots blog, where state and local councils, as well as local unions, can download it for showing at union meetings or for posting on their own websites and communications channels. Click link to view link

Congressman George Miller (D) - Contra Costa County - Click Here to Watch Video
[3/3/2011] - George spoke on the House floor this morning about the GOP'S launch of an un-American attack on the rights of middle class workers from state capitals like Madison, Wisconsin and in Congress. link

BCBS ID Card Mix-up for Retirees' - Click Here for More Information
[2/9/2011]

Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions
[1/5/2011] - Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from Maine to Alabama, Ohio to Arizona, are pushing new legislation to limit the power of labor unions, particularly those representing government workers, in collective bargaining and politics. link

Click Here for Information on...Pfizer Program Makes Prescription Medicine Available to Unemployed Workers
[3/29/2010] - Pfizer Pharmaceutical has informed the State Building Trades Council of a program by which it is making free prescription medicines available to unemployed workers who were previously taking a Pfizer medicine but who have lost their health coverage. more

Important Information on Maintining the Right to See Your Own Doctor
[11/15/2006] - Click here to find more information regarding your right to see your own doctor for "on the job injury".  Complete the downloadable form and submit to your employer. link